Liquid dispensing cup



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Patented Jam 19, 1932 ANTHONY MONTALBAIN'O, 01 L03 ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LIQUID DISPENSING CUP Application filed September 29, 1931. Serial No.565,788.

This invention relates to liquid dispensers and has for a particularobject the provision of a container adapted, by virtue of a plurality ofspaced relatively small discharge 5 tubes, to evenly dispense anddistribute a I when the cup istilted. I illustrate flange 12 liquid overa given area.

In dispensing soaps and 011s for scalp treatments and the like in barberand beauty shops, for instance, it has heretofore been 1o customary todispense such liquids from a bottle having a single discharge orifice,or by pouring the liquid from a cup over the hair and scalp. Thispractice is wasteful, inconvenient and unsanitary, for the reason that-,15 it is practically impossible to obtain an even hair without reachingthe scalp. By providing a plurality of circumferentially spaced rigidand projecting discharge tubes of relatively small diameter in mydevice, the operator is enabled to obtain an even flow and distributionof the fluid in a number of relatively small streams, and by placing thedischarge end of the tubes beneath the hair and directly over the scalp,the fluid is discharged directly onto the scalp surface. Theseaccomplishments form the more particular objects of my invention.

While it will be obvious that my invention may assume various forms andbe adapted to various uses, one form and adaptation which I 1t mayassume is that of such a shampoo soap dispenser, and I shall nowdescribe and illustrate it in that particular adaptation, for whichpurpose I refer to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a dispenser embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the device.

" Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, thenumeral 10 designates the cup-shaped container body, which is preferablycylindrical with a closed bottom end 11 and has a flanged top portion 12to prevent overflow of the contained. liquid as extending around theentire circumference of top portion of the cup as I. find this structureto aid economy of manufacture, although it will be obvious thattheflange may only extend around a portion of the cup top adjacent thedispensing tubes to be described.

A filling opening 15 is provided in the top portion of the cup, whichopeningis offset from the center as shown to the side opposite 5 thedispensing tubes. 3

Circumferentially spaced along the side walls ofthe container, near thetop thereof,

I provide a plurality'of dispensing tubes 16, constructed of metal orsome rigid material through which the liquid is dispensed when the cupis tilted sufficiently for the contained fluid to pass through thetubes. These tubes project substantially horizontally beyond the outersurface ofthe side walls of'the cup a" 70 distance of approximately oneinch, although the length of these projections may be changed asdesired. The provision of a multiplicity of tubes of small diameter soplaced and spaced, enables the user to obtain an even flow anddistribution of the fluid, in comparatively small individual streams,directly over the scalp. Thenumber and spacing of the tubes are governedby the area over which the liquid isto be distributed in one ficient andsanitary than can be obtained by] no the old method of pouring say aone-quarter inch stream in one spot over the hair. It is desirable tohave the tubes project outwardly from the cup a sufficient distance toenable the discharge ends of the tubes to be buried in the hair so thatwhen the fluid is discharged it is discharged directly upon the scalpsurface. Tubes 16 preferably have flanged inner ends 17 which aresecured to the inner surface of the cup wall at 18 as by soldering; thetubes projecting through holes 19 in the side walls of the cup.Obviously it is preferable to have the discharge ends of the tubes on asubstantially even plane; thus, when the tubes are mounted in acylindrical body such as cup 10, it is necessary to have the two endtubes of slightly greater length than the two inner tubes, as best shownin Fig. 2.

A handle H is provided at the side of cup 10 in such relative positionto the tubes as will enable the operator to pour liquid from thecontainer through the tubes by merely turning the hand to the right.

From the foregoing description it will become apparent that my inventionis adaptable to many other uses to equal advantage and I therefore wishit understood that I do not confine its scope to the hereinbcforedescribed details. Rather it is to be restricted only as appears in theappended claims.

I claim:

1. A liquid container having side walls and a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced discharge tubes mounted in the side walls, saidtubes communicating from the interior to the exterior of the container.

2. A liquid container having side walls and a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced discharge tubes mounted in the side walls andcommunicating from the interior to the ex-- terior of the container,said tubes projecting beyond the exterior of the side walls.

3. A liquid container having side walls and a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced discharge tubes mounted in the side walls andcommunicating from the interior to the exterior of the container, saidtubes projecting substantially horizontally beyond the exterior of theside walls.

at. A liquid container having substantially vertical side walls and aplurality of circumferentially spaced discharge tubes mounted in theside walls near the top thereof and communicating from the interior tothe ex terior of the container, said tubes projecting substantiallyhorizontally beyond the exterior of the side walls.

5. A liquid dispenser comprising: a cup shaped container member havingnear the top thereof a plurality of horizontally spaced rigid dischargetubes adapted to discharge liquid from the interior to the exterior ofthe a container, said tubes projecting substantial- ANTHONY MONTALBANO.

